Thread by @LovedeepDhingra

Going through my notes from the DIPS workshop (21-23 Feb 2020), I couldn't help but marvel at the depth and quality of the ideas discussed! 💡

👇This thread is an attempt to share select insights and thank ALL the organizers for the experience! 🙏

@IGIBSocial
#DIPS2020

1/n

💡Good problem solvers are not necessarily good researchers also.

💡Simply wanting to do science is not enough. Persistence matters a lot more than wit does.

PS: Excellent thread by @AasthaV_ for a glimpse of all the lectures and tours!

2/n

https://twitter.com/AasthaV_/status/1230713271524581376?s=20

🍎 Apples are falling on everybody's heads, all the time. Only a few Newtonian people ask WHY.

🍎 Since physician-scientists are less in number, benchmarking success is tough. You have to define your own criteria for success and strive towards them.

3/n

Dr. Rajesh Agarwal

📍MBBS @aiims_newdelhi taught him curiosity & irreverence

📍#Research, #Teaching & #PatientCare positively feed into each other (see pic👇)

📍Don't stay at one institute all your life. Institute inbreeding is bad for the insti, worse for the individual!

4/n

💡'Survivorship in Science is high if you are willing to be flexible towards your approach, yet committed to your goals.'

- @AnuragAgrawalMD answering my Q on what skills/qualities ⬆️odds of longevity in medical research

5/n

https://twitter.com/DrEricLevi/status/1232847881133912064?s=20

🐐Currently, not going into research (despite a deep interest) is not so much a case of being 'risk-averse' as much it is a case of going with the 'bhed-chaal'

👉Develop a 'frenemy' who can edit your writing, is honest enough to call you out on the bad stuff

@vinodscaria

6/n

🤖When we complain about 'black boxes in AI', we usually overestimate how 'white' the current state of the art is.

(I personally enjoyed day 2 the most, with the talks revolving around epidemio and AI)

@Tavpritesh @AnuragAgrawalMD

7/n

☕️Still, the best of the workshop came from the many #ChaiPeCharchas!

Personal fav: "Yeh #genomepatris ka zamana hai, janampatris ka nahi" 🧬

Thanks again to everyone who hosted us at @IGIBSocial, and made #DIPS2020 possible!😁

8/8

@SciSocAIIMS

@IGIBSocial @SciSocAIIMS @AaekayGarg @dramulyagupta @suraajtak @LakshmiSriram10

https://twitter.com/India_Alliance/status/1230715232395202560?s=20